Astronomy History

Regardless of what one thinks of astrology as a means to predict the future or to define personality types, it must be stated that modern astronomy has its roots deep in several ancient astrological traditions. […]

Historians have long known that ancient civilizations had an interest in outer space, but have held that it wasn’t until the Europeans began seriously studying heavenly bodies during the 14th century that planets were accurately […]

Introduction Because their similarity doesn’t just end with the way they sound, the disciplines of ‘astronomy’ and ‘astrology’ often confuse many people! Indeed it is pertinent to mention that they both share a deep connection […]

While it is almost impossible to list all the astronomers that have made valuable contributions to the science of astronomy through the ages, it becomes merely difficult to list the ten most important astronomers of […]

It is a matter of historical record that the high state of development of modern astronomy is due entirely to the efforts and observations of thousands of stargazers from all parts of the earth, and […]

The Republic of Khakassia is located in south-central Siberia and is an archaeological mecca replete with megalithic stone monuments, rock engravings and ancient burial mounds dating back to the pre-agricultural Upper Palaeolithic period (50,000 to […]

Heliocentrism is the astronomical model which places a stationary Sun at the center of the Solar System while the Earth, planets and other bodies revolve around it. As early as the 3rd century BCE, Greek […]

India’s contribution to the science of astronomy stretches way back in time, with the earliest written mention of astronomy appearing in the Rigveda, believed to have been composed between 1700 and 1100 BCE making it […]